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Through Suborbital Flight Space Technology Overview STIGUR 2021 Summer Meeting Mr. James Reuter | Associate Administrator, Space Technology Mission Directorate | 06.24.2021 2 STMD FY 2021-2022 Highlights Mars 2020 Perseverance: MOXIE, MEDLI2, MEDA and TRN Blue Origin Deorbit Descent & Robotic Refueling Mission 3 Flight Ops and Small February 2021 and beyond.. Landing (BODDL-TP)/SPLICE Spacecrafts Mars Landing & Surface Operations and Demo On Orbit Robotics Ops Laser Comm Relay Demo October 2020 October 2020 40+ suborbital and small Flight demo 1 aboard suborbital Operations Complete Fall 2021 spacecraft flights planned 2021 rocket Launch OSAM-1 and OSAM-2 Cold Operable Deployable Polar Resources Ice Mining Fall 2021 Experiment 1 (PRIME-1) Arm (COLDArm) Plume Surface Critical Design Reviews Cryo Fluid Management April 2021 CAPSTONE/NRHO Interaction (PSI) April 2021 April/May 2021 Fall 2021 April 2021 MSolo and TRIDENT assembled for Mission Concept Review environmental testing w/ delivery to Initiate 4 Flight Demos Launch Physics focused Initiated 4 Flight Demos ground test CLPS provider Intuitive Machine in Spring 2022 CLPS Mission Deep Space LOFTID Blue Origin Deorbit Descent & Landing TALOS and A-TRN Spring 2022 Optical Comm SEP June 2022 Sensor (BODDL-TP)/SPLICE December/TBD 2021 Intuitive Machine’s “hopper” mission August 2022 in partnership with Nokia to est. January 2022 Delivery to ULA Summer 2021 TALOS and A-TRN flight on Psyche Launch 4G/LTE tech for lunar exploration Critical Design Review Flight demo 2 aboard suborbital rocket Astrobotic Peregrine 1 lander 3 Space Technology for Mars 2020 Perseverance MEDLI2 (Mars Entry, Descent and Landing Instrumentation 2) MEDLI2 is a next-generation sensor suite for entry, descent MEDA (Mars and landing (EDL). It collects temperature and pressure Environmental Dynamics measurements on the heat shield and afterbody during EDL Analyzer) A set of sensors that will provide measurements of temperature, wind speed and direction, pressure, relative humidity and dust size and shape in the Martian atmosphere TRN (Terrain Relative Navigation) TRN gives a spacecraft the ability to autonomously avoid hazards we already know about and can land in more (and more interesting) landing sites with far less risk Mars 2020 EDL Targeted Location MOXIE (Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment) MOXIE will demonstrate a way that future explorers might produce oxygen from the Martian atmosphere for propellant and for breathing. 4 Ensuring American Global Leadership in Space Technology Technology Drives the Space Economy STMD FY 2022 Budget Summary FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026 STMD FY 2022 Budget Summary ($M) 1,100.0 1,425.0 1,454.5 1,486.4 1,519.2 1,552.9 SBIR and STTR 227.0 287.0 292.7 298.6 304.6 310.7 Early Stage Innovation and Partnerships 117.5 145.0 147.9 150.8 153.9 157.0 Agency Technology and Innovation 8.4 9.4 9.6 9.8 10.0 10.2 Technology Transfer 19.9 20.0 20.4 20.8 21.2 21.6 Early Stage Innovation 89.2 115.6 117.9 120.2 122.7 125.2 Center Innovations Fund (CIF) / Early Career Initiative (ECI) 24.4 28.0 28.6 29.0 29.7 30.3 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) 8.4 9.5 9.7 9.9 10.1 10.3 Space Technology Research Grants (STRG) 47.9 61.1 62.3 63.5 64.8 66.1 Prizes & Challenges (P&C) 8.6 17.0 17.3 17.7 18.0 18.4 Technology Maturation / Game Changing Development (GCD) 227.1 491.2 501.0 511.1 521.3 531.7 Rapid, Safe, & Efficient Space Transportation 11.0 44.0 33.8 26.6 12.0 12.0 Expanded Access to Diverse Surface Destinations 43.9 43.8 43.2 45.8 26.0 25.7 Sustainable Living and Working Farther from Earth 110.3 199.5 187.8 188.3 237.1 250.0 Transformative Missions and Discoveries 36.7 85.3 60.2 67.9 49.0 28.0 Industry & Commerce Innovation Opportunity - 85.6 142.4 148.4 162.7 180.9 Tech Management & Integration 25.1 33.1 33.6 34.1 34.6 35.1 Technology Demonstration 528.4 501.8 512.9 525.9 539.4 553.5 Technology Demonstration Mission (TDM) 461.2 430.6 440.3 451.9 463.9 476.5 Cryogenic Fluid Management (CFM) 60.1 82.0 122.1 103.5 125.7 136.4 Space Nuclear Technologies (SNT) 57.9 34.0 34.1 87.2 186.7 258.3 OSAM-1 (Restore & SPIDER) 227.0 227.0 227.0 227.0 103.6 25.4 OSAM-2 (Archinaut) 17.7 16.1 16.5 - - - Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) 26.2 24.2 18.5 15.9 17.8 5.8 Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Dec (LOFTID) 20.4 13.0 2.4 - - - Laser Comm Relay Demo (LCRD) 15.1 - - - - - Deep Space Optical Comm (DSOC) 16.4 6.2 2.0 0.1 - - MOXIE, DSAC, TDM Management & Integration 20.5 28.1 17.8 18.2 30.1 50.6 Small Spacecraft Technology (SST) 40.2 46.2 47.6 49.0 50.5 52.0 Flight Opportunities (FO) 27.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 6 Lunar Surface Innovation Initiative Since inception, LSII has engaged ~400 organizations across 48 states and Puerto Rico to advance the technologies needed to explore the lunar surface and stimulate economic development Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab is the lead for the LSIC and overall System Integrator for LSII Focus Areas LSII Representation • In-situ resource utilization • Surface power • Dust mitigation • Extreme environment • Extreme access • Excavation and construction 7 Lunar Surface Innovation Initiative (LSII) Collaboration Highlights LSII has awarded ~$200M over a broad range of STMD Programs to establish collaborations across industry and academia. Collaborations & Partnerships Collaborations Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) Technology Demonstrations (i.e. PRIME-1 mass spectrometer and drill, Nokia 4G Wireless and Intuitive Machines Deployable Hopper) $127M – Tipping Points & Collaborative Opportunities (10 TPs & 5 ACOs selected in 2020) $36M – SBIRs (Ph. I, II, III, CCRPP, Lunar Sequentials) $14M – Space Technology Research Grants (6 LuSTR Opportunity, ECF, ESI) $9.9M – NextSTEP BAA (9 ISRU awardees with multiple ground demos) $3.5M – Vertical Solar Array Technology (VSAT) Solicitation (5 Phase I Awards) $3M – NIACs (including first Phase 3 award for Exploration of Lunar Pits) $2M – Breakthrough Innovative Game-changing (BIG) Challenge 2020 Permanently Shadowed Region – 8 teams; 2021 Dust – 7 teams $1.4M – NASA Tournament Labs (GrabCAD, Yet2, HeroX) Open-source Challenges $1M – Centennial Challenges (’Watts on the Moon’ & ‘Break the Ice’ Challenges) APL LSII Integration and Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium Note: FY20-21 Awards 8 Lunar Surface Technology Demonstration Planning LSII leverages early lunar missions to accelerate development of core surface technologies 2020 2030 Polar Resources Volatiles Investigating ISRU Pilot Plant Ice Mining ISRU ISRU Oxygen ISRU Polar Exploration Experiment Ice-Mining Processing ISRU Rover (VIPER/SMD) Extraction Demo (PRIME) Demo Demo Regenerative Fuel Cell Power Chemical Heat Wireless Charging for Integrated Fission Surface Lunar Surface Demo Power Source Power Power Demo Surface Surface Vertical Solar Array (CHIPS) Technology (VSAT) Electrodynamic Lunar Dust Level Sensor & Dust Shield Affects on Radiators Lunar Dust Smart Sensor Lunar Dust Separation Dust Dust for Crewed Environments Mitigation Lunar Dust Removal Tool Lunar Arm w/ Bulk Metallic Glass Lunar Materials Demo Lunar Camera Lunar Night Gears Material Extreme Extreme Survivability Lunar Thermal Toolbox Environments Surface Robotic Day/Night Lunar Scouts Lunar Navigation Video Guidance Rover Obstacle Autonomous Robotics Tipping Point Early Demo System Avoidance Access Extreme Extreme Hopper CLPS Autonomous Exploration Opportunity Deployable Hopper of Lunar Pits ISRU Pilot Excavator Lunar Surface Lunar Surface Construction Demo 1 Construction Demo (Landing Pad) Construction Excavation & 9 THROUGH SUBORBITAL FLIGHT The Flight Opportunities program rapidly demonstrates promising technologies for space exploration, discovery, and the expansion of space commerce through suborbital testing with industry flight providers SINCE 2011* FLIGHT OPPORTUNITIES HAS… COMMERCIAL FLIGHT PARTNERS: * As March 30, 2021 • Supported 212 successful fights • Enabled 736 tests of payloads • 307 technologies in the portfolio • 12 active commercial providers • In FY21 FO has had 22 suborbital flights and is projected to STRATODYNAMICS have a total of 31 flights OPPORTUNITIES TO ACCESS SUBORBITAL FLIGHT TESTS NASA TECHLEAP PRIZE • Technology developers will compete for development funding and have access to a suborbital flight opportunity by addressing a current NASA technology need • Competition launching June 2021, with applications due August 2021 NASA TECH FLIGHTS • Awardees receive a grant or cooperative agreement allowing them to purchase flights directly from any viable U.S. commercial flight vendor that best meets their needs • Next solicitation release planned for early-summer 2021 SBIR AND NASA INTERNAL R&D • Rolling opportunities for small business with existing SBIR awards to receive additional funding to support suborbital flight testing with U.S. commercial providers • Open call for NASA funded research to request support for suborbital flight testing with U.S. commercial providers NASA TECHRISE STUDENT CHALLENGE • Students in grades 6-12 will propose technologies to be developed and flown on suborbital vehicles • Teams from public or private schools in U.S. states/territories (including schools operated by the U.S. for American personnel overseas) are eligible • Competition launching late-May 2021, with application period open August – November 2021 • Winning technologies will be flown in the first half of 2023 11 UPCOMING FLIGHT OPPORTUNITIES HIGHLIGHTS INVESTMENTS TO EXPAND COMMERCIAL SUBORBITAL TESTING CAPABILITIES • Partnership With Blue Origin To Enable Testing In Lunar Gravity Conditions Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket system will use its reaction control system to rotate the capsule, resulting in two minutes of continuous lunar gravity, exposing the technologies to this challenging but difficult-to-test condition New capability is made possible with the help of development funding and early purchase of payload space by NASA as part of its strategic investment in the U.S.
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